Tag: bilingual
Help Design the 2030 Census—what languages should it be in?
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House Passes Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act
This week, the House of Representatives approved an amendment to the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that authorizes the Biliteracy Education and Seal Teaching...
The Science of the Bilingual Reading Brain
“We are plural. The I is an illusion:...
The Power of Cultural and Linguistic Connections
(May 2022) Daphne Germain
shares a mother’s perspective on the
benefits of bilingual, bicultural education
A Superpower Hidden in Plain Sight
How can educators ensure that emerging bilingual students are well served in their schools, and how can we as educators foster linguistic...
California Seeks to Expand Bilingual Teacher Prep
California has outlined several goals for its education system, which are rapidly approaching over the course of the next decade. Among these are plans...
California’s Commitment: Literacy, Biliteracy, and Libraries
I have only one critical comment about California’s Secretary of Education Thurmond’s task force report, “California Commits to Literacy and Bets on Biliteracy,” but...
We’re Naturally Bilingual
Neuroscientists at New York University have discovered that the brain uses a shared mechanism for combining words from a single language and for combining...
Reading under Lockdown
Each year, Renaissance releases the What Kids Are Reading report, and each year it grows by leaps and bounds.1 This year’s report looked at...
